by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Je suis venu, calme orphelin
Language: French (Français)
Gaspard Hauser chante : Je suis venu, calme orphelin Riche de mes seuls yeux tranquilles, Vers les hommes des grandes villes : Ils ne m'ont pas trouvé malin. À vingt ans un trouble nouveau, Sous le nom d'amoureuses flammes M'a fait trouver belles les femmes : Elles ne m'ont pas trouvé beau. Bien que sans patrie et sans roi Et très brave ne l'étant guère, J'ai voulu mourir à la guerre : La mort n'a pas voulu de moi. Suis-je né trop tôt ou trop tard ? Qu'est-ce que je fais en ce monde ? Ô vous tous, ma peine est profonde : Priez pour le pauvre Gaspard !
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Authorship
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 4, first published 1880 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Tony Aubin (1907 - 1981), "Chanson de Gaspard Hauser", published 1932 [voice and piano], from Six poèmes de Verlaine, no. 4, Paris, Heugel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jacques Bousquet (1883 - 1939), "Gaspard Hauser chante", published 1911 [voice and piano], Paris, Hayet [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Marguerite Canal (1890 - 1978), "Je suis venu calme orphelin", published 1931, from Sagesse, no. 2, Paris, Heugel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Édouard-Simon Combe (1866 - 1942), "Chanson de Gaspard Hauser", 1897 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by J.-M. Depelsenaire , "Chanson de Gaspard Hauser", 1972 [bass and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Francis Dhomont , "Suis-je né trop tôt ?", [1955] [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hector Fraggi, dit Shepherd (1882 - 1944), "La complainte de Gaspard", published 1934 [voice and piano], Vincennes, Ricard [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paule-Émile Gille , "Je suis venu, calme orphelin " [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Chanson de Gaspard Hauser", op. 11 (1966) [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jean Hubeau (1917 - 1992), "Le pauvre Gaspard", 1937 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Maxime Joyeux , "Pauvre Gaspard", published [1954] [voice and piano], Paris, M. Joyeux [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Émile Lambelin (1910 - 1965), "Complainte de Gaspard", 1952 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Georges Moustaki (1934 - 2013), "Gaspard", 1969, published 1982 [voice and guitar], from Vingt succès [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Émile-Barthélemy Passani , "Chanson de Gaspard", 1946 [voice and piano], from Trois poèmes de Verlaine, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paule Perrin (1906 - 1959), "Gaspard Hauser chante", published [1959] [voice and piano], Paris, P. Perrin [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Théodore Terestchenko (b. 1888), "Gaspard Hauser", published [1913] [voice and piano], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Hamelle [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920) , "Lied Kaspar Hausers" ; composed by Felix Wolfes.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) , no title, appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Weisheit ; composed by Bernhart Blau.
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Text added to the website: 2007-06-08 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:23
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